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Parthenon
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 796.... war and kept the Persians away. " All they supply is money," he told the Athenians, " and this belongs not to the people who give but to those who receive it, so long as they provide he services paid for." This is a good example of how the Greeks felt about themselves and their temples. The Paratheon is the best example of Greek's history and their architectural abilities.
The Greek temple, , was like most it had a three-step platform. The columns enclosed an oblong interior chamber known as the naos. On the Front was a main room called the cella. At the west was a smaller c .....
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The Declaration Of Independence
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 344.... the rights of life, liberty, and property. In the second part, the Declaration listed the alleged crimes of the king, who, with the backing of Parliament, had violated his “contract” with the colonists and thus had forfeited all claim to their loyalty. “The clearest call for independence up to the summer of 1776 came in Philadelphia on June 7th. Church bells rang out over Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. This signaled that was approved and officially adopted by the Continental Congress. Words to live by from are “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are c .....
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The California Gold Rush
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2008.... California as “The country the gold-seekers came to was a land of magnificent proportions, of great natural diversity, of extremes and opposites. Nature had done nothing on a small scale” (Seidman 99). California at that time had a population of around 14,000. Not included in these estimates were the 200,000 Native Americans that lived within its borders. Prior to the Mexican War of 1846-1848, California was an isolated northerly province of Mexico. Due to the lack of a large population and association to belong to, some said, “ Politically, technologically, and so .....
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The Battle Of Gettysburg
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 1963.... the great task remaining before us– that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure
of devotion– that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain– that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of
freedom– and that government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from this earth." Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863.
It seems only appropriate to begin a report devoted to the Battle
of Gettysburg by looking at something delivered after it ended. Contr .....
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The Industrial Revolution That Shaped The United States Into A Leading Econom
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 456.... The main focus of this administration was to improve the conditions for impovershed farm families. The Resettlement Administration was authorized to give loans to farmers for farm land and equipment. He also added a program for "social security" submitted by President Roosevelt and accepted bt Congress in 1935. This program included federal assisitance for states in forming old-age pensions and insurance for the unemployed. Among the Bills passed by Congress at its 1935 session were many laws touching nearly every part of domestic and foreign affairs. The rights of lab .....
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Between The Wars: 1919-1941
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 535.... G. Harding, a man who, himself, condemned the United States joining the League of Nations, held the Washington Naval Conference. In this meeting of Asian and European countries, the United States actively participated in three treaties to begin to ease the tension already forming in the Pacific. In 1932, when the League of Nations proposed an economic boycott against Japan for reparation of the occupancy of Manchuria, President Hoover refused to participate, in fear of involvement in an Asian war. Just eight years later, during the Roosevelt administration, the United S .....
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About Gettysburg
Number of pages: 11 | Number of words: 2764.... was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on Wednesday July first to Friday July 3, 1863.
Pennsylvania was a pivotal state in the Civil War struggle... because key routes from the South led to Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. In order to control these routes the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia invaded Pennsylvania in 1863. The confrontation at Gettysburg became one of the most decisive as well as one of the bloodiest battles of American history. Almost a third of the Union army in the Battle of Gettysburg was from Pennsylvania.
Important Men
Mr. Meade (see .....
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Dionysus The Peoples God
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1822.... his true form, only knowing that this would kill her and her baby. When Semele is burned to death Zeus saves his unborn son and transplants the fetus into his leg. Once born Dionysus was taken to Semele's sister, Ino the Queen of Orchomenus. To hide the child from Hera, Ino disguises him as a girl. Hera was not fooled, so to punish Ino she drove her to madness. Zeus changed Dionysus into a goat and sent him to live with the Nymphs in Nysa. It was Nysa where Dionysus learned of fertility and wine. When Hera found him she imposed the same madness on him as she did on I .....
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